The parents said many of these children would previously have travelled on the bus and their frustration has been compounded by reports that some of the buses are not full.
"It's been made worse by the fact that it's a free for all...but the people who really rely on them year after year have been denied their tickets this year," she said."We've had children on the bus for the last ten years...and this year we find ourselves with no seat on the bus. It's ten, twelve kilometres away, we're not going to be able to drive them in and out.
Michael Wallace said his 13 year old son David, who has cerebral palsy now has to walk from his school to the bus station in Dundalk and pay for a bus home. Cillian Burke is a student who has been using the school bus for the past four years. This year he was told he will not be getting a pass.
Bye a bicycle for God sack.....the kids where on protest with there teachers a few years ago, they wanted to walk to school....what happened to there green agenda....sutch hipacrits at a young age ,they should be ashamed of themselves...confused for life, great Education
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